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. 2016 Jul-Sep;28(3):285–293. doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20160043

Table 3.

General knowledge about organ donation in the studied groups

  General public
N (%)
Health professionals
N (%)
p value
Would donate all organs 351 (80) 74 (73.2) 0.17
Law 9434/1997      
    Knows in detail 27 (6) 16 (16)  
    Knows but not in detail 147 (33) 54 (53)  
    Does not know 268 (60) 31 (31) 0.001
Donor availability      
    More than sufficient 8 (1.8) 0 (0)  
    Sufficient 4 (0.9) 3 (3)  
    Insufficient 320 (72) 86 (85)  
    Does not know 110 (24.8) 12 (12) 0.0047
Who authorizes organ removal      
    Correct answer 373 (84) 97 (96) 0.002